- Warner Bros retains the rights to Shadow of Mordor‘s nemesis system until 2036
- The system was set to be used in Monolith Productions’ Wonder Woman Game
- Warner Bros closed Monolit this week and lets the nemesis system be useless by any other study for another 11 years
Warner Bros. will keep the patent for Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor‘s Nemesis system until 2036, after the closure of Monolith Productions.
Earlier this week, Warner Bros. closed. Three major studios, including Monolith, Player First Games and Warner Bros. Games San Diego, as part of a restructuring effort to focus on its key franchise as Harry PotterAt Mortal KombatDc, and Game of Thrones.
Since Monolit is now closed, it also means that the developer Wonder Woman Game, which was announced back in 2021, is also canceled.
The DC Superhero game was set to see the return of Studio’s Genius Nemesis System, a gameplay mechanic that was first shown in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor It generates stronger and more intelligent enemies after they are defeated with knowledge of the player’s past actions.
But now that monolith no longer exists, the fate of the Nemesis system is apparently in Limbo and cannot be used by any other study as Warner Bros. has his patent until 2036.
According to the official patent, the company used in 2016, received the rights in 2021 and has an expiry date on August 11, 3036, which means it will remain Warner Bros’ property for another 11 years.
It is unconfirmed if any future Warner Bros. -The titles will use the mechanic, so many fans are currently suspecting that this means the end of the Nemesis system.
“Cancellation of Wonder Woman The game is already bad enough, but closing the studio that created something as good as the Nemesis system (as WB patented) is evil, “said a user on X / Twitter.
There was not known much about Wonder Woman During its development, however, according to her cancellation comic book author Gail Simone revealed in an X / Twitter wire, which she consulted about the game and that it was “beautiful and expansive”.
We also know that it would have been a single-player action adventure game, and apparently has been put on Wonder Woman’s Island Homeland of Themyscira, has other DC heroes as well as elements of Greek mythology, according to a leaked synopsis.
